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Ironville, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 782 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.

Ironville within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

108 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Ironville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 843 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELIZABETH COURT
12 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryREBEL ROAD
13 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLLINS ROAD
11 May 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDANIELS FORK
9 April 2013Debris and open burning2.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRT 503 #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ironville: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Clinton Shale MineClayPast Producer
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boyd County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironville in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Ironville$100,000An EF1 tornado skipped along a path of straight-line wind damage likely beginning along Daniels Fork Road near the town of Westwood. The tornado then continued across State Route 5, moving eastward and crossing Rose Road and then ending at the top of the hill after crossing Pine Street. ||The most significant damage occurred along Rose Road. A single-wide trailer was flipped over, a section of a home was broken off from the rest of the structure and moved several feet, and several other homes and structures were significantly damaged.
June 2017Flash FloodIronville$60,000Widespread flash flooding caused road closures across the county. Laurel Creek flooded, with water flowing over the bridge at State Route 3 and Jula Lane in Cannonsburg. Hood Creek came out of its banks, closing State Route 5 near Rockhouse Road. One driver had to be rescued. Water flowed over a bridge near the intersection of Prichard and Iowa Street in Westwood due to flooding along Little Hood Creek. In the Rush area, Long Branch Road and State Route 854 were closed due to flooding from Long Branch and Garner Creek. One house received minor flood damage.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindIronville$3,000Tree damage in the Ironville area resulted in 571 customers to be without power.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindIronville$3,000In Ironville, a tree blew down onto State Route 5. Additional trees and power lines were blown down in Ashland.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindIronville$3,000Large trees were blown down along Daniels Fork Road.
August 2007HailIronville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boyd County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Winslow0.6 miles22
West Fairview0.9 miles22
Summit1.3 miles22
Fairview1.7 miles22
Westwood2.2 miles22
Rockdale2.6 miles22
Millseat2.6 miles22
Little Garner (historical)2.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on IronvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6073319The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495012. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.